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Essay / Criteria for a Student-Centered Exam - 819
PLAN: Criteria for a Student-Centered Exam For the PDSA cycle I chose to use data notebooks during Fitnessgram testing. I chose them because they are engaging, interactive and promote sharing, trust, team building, reflection and coaching. (Pitas, 2000) In physical education, I am always looking for ways for students to reflect on their exercise habits and set goals for their future. I want to teach students how to be healthy for a lifetime and what better way than to do their own exercise and think about how it works. They would share with me their beliefs as well as their goals. They would trust me to help them achieve their goals as well as their personal information on how they want to present themselves physically. They would also reflect their own opinions about the class and help me design strategies that would help them achieve their goals and allow me to adapt my teaching to better serve them. I think the idea of using data notebooks to track their growth and thinking is a great idea, especially in my classroom.PLAN: Student-Centered AssessmentFor my student-centered assessment, I chose to use something I've never done before, but our administration wants us to use what are the data notebooks. Each day this week, I asked students to answer a question so they could self-reflect on the unit. After the lesson ended, I asked the students to change and write about the topic on the whiteboard. My questions included:1. What can I (the teacher) do to improve your PACER score?2. What is the hardest fitness test and what can I do to make it easier?3. What are my goals for the next Fitnessgram test? How can I achieve them?4. What activities outside of school can help... middle of paper ...... think more deeply. Overall, I really thought these data notebooks were a great asset to my students and myself. I received a lot of helpful feedback on my teaching and the activities I taught. I can make changes for second semester to help them maximize their success in their fitness goals. I know as a teacher it's always a great feeling to know you're making an impact on students' lives and I was able to read exactly how I was doing it. I just hope I can help them achieve their goals. References: Miller, J. (2013). Video lecture: Assessment for learning. Stefl-Mabry, J. (2004). Integrate rubrics into powerful learning assessment tools. KnowledgeQuest, 32(5), 21-25. Stiggins, R. and Chappuis, J. (2008). Improving Student Learning: Creating Profound Achievement Gains Through Formative Assessments. District Administration: The Magazine for School District Management.